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G. KLEINEBERG F-TAL PHOTOGRAPHIC OBJECTIVE LENS SYSTEM 1 Dec. 23, 1952 Filed July 20. 1950 7- y r m SEARCH Patented Dec. 23, 1952 UNITED ":STATES PATENT OFFICE PHOTOGRAPHIC OBJECTIVE LENS SYSTEM Gustav Kleineberg and Otto ZiTmermann, Wetzlar,

Germany, assignors to Ernst Leitz G. m. b. 11., Wetzlar, Germany, a corporation of Germany Application July 20, 1950, Serial No. 174,814 In Germany January 9, 1950 Claims. 1

tion which causes fogging of the photographic emulsion when exposed for longer periods of time. To protect the photographic emulsion from this radiation, it is advisable to insert a nisci arranged at each side of a diaphragm and 5 lead-containing glass in front thereof. In parbetween two condensing lenses forming the outer ticular, the last lens in the objective close to the components of the lens system. It has been image may be made of flint lass so that the found that objectives of the general type del r dioac ive ra iation mitted y he precedin scribed exhibit spherical aberrations of oblique lenses is to a large extent absorbed by the lead bundles detrimental to the quality of the image, in the flint glass. and it has been proposed to diminish such erurther f atur s and advantages of the pr srors by making the menisci relatively slightly ent invention will become more apparent from curved, However, such an arrangement results the following description in COIijllliCtiOl'l With the in a deterioration of the Petzval condition so drawin sinwhiehz that a sufficiently flat anastigmatic field is not Fi 1 is a cross-s cti al v w thr u h an 0bobtained. J' e Sy em ccOrd g to one embodiment of It is an object of the present invention to prothe invention; n vide a, high quality photographic objeet1ve Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of an objective It is a further object of this invention to proshowing another i e t of the invention. vide an improved photographic objective elimi- In 9 S s a fl glass plate d e a ating aberrations to a high d a so an 0 ice of he invention to protect the sensitive photographic film or plate against radiation emanating from radio-active materiaphotographic emulsion.

The following two examples correspond to the embodiments illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, respectively.

eilns al sns nel e s EXAMPLE 1 The above and other objects are accomplished =100, relative opening 1:2. angle subtended by according to the present invention by reducing the Petzval sum for an objective lens system of the modified Gauss type to a minimum by making all condensing lenses oi. the system of glass types having a refractive index exceeding 1.65 l dl=14 5 169112 54 8 and the Abb number exceeding 50, that is n =-a05.2 (N 1.65, and v 5o This has a favorable effeet on the spherical aberration of obliquely in- 2 .650 83.1 cident beams, but for large angles the spherical +99'67 M aberration is still too large. To eliminate'the 75 +37. 18 residual error, it is further proposed by the pres- 1'69112 ent invention to separate the condensing and dis- 54814 persing lenses, which constitute the condensing component on the object side, by an air gap. "F By suitably shaping the two lenses, this air gap n =+119. 76 h 1'58217 I forms a dispersing air lens having the shape of 1-69112 a positive meniscus, its concave side facing the ai= 2.0 object; the width of the air lens should not ex 6 0 1 69112 54 8 ceed 5% of the focal length of the objective asm= -95. 62 sembly.

In accordance with another feature of this in- Seidel's coefficients vention, the quality of the objective may be further improved and the simultaneous correction A B P P A of the spherical aberration and of the coma made still more accurate by splitting the meniscal 1 +1 7039 +0463 +0 7837 6503 component at the object side of the aperture into two separate lenses, one condensing and one dispersing, the air lens therebetween having a dispersing effect.

Glass types with a refractive index exceeding 1.65 and a comparatively smaller dispersion, suitable for the condensing lenses of the present invention, usually contain thorium oxide Hence, these glass types emit radioactive radia- EXAMPIE 2 f: 100, relative opening 1:2, angle subtended by image 50 d1=l3. 25 1.6923 54. 7 ra= 382. 69

' Il1= 54 T3= --328. 33

az= O. 2 r 34. 36

da= 6. 67 1. 6923 54. 7 n=+ 56. 75

da= 8. 78 1.6923 54. 7 ru= 54. 16

Seldels coefllcients area A B I P A Throughout the specification, examples and claims, various symbols are used to indicate the following:

It is to be clearly understood that, while the invention has been described and illustrated in connection with specific embodiments thereof, various modifications and variations within the spirit and scope thereof may occur to those skilled in the art. We intend to be limited, therefore, only by the claims appended to this specification and forming a, part thereof.

What is claimed is:

1. A photographic objective lens system comprising two meniscal components arranged .be-

tween two positive components, at least three of said components consisting of a positive and a negative element, wherein the separate positive components as well as the positive elements cemented to respective negative elements are of glass having a refractive index exceeding 1.65 and the Abb number exceeding 50, that is (N 1.65, V 50), an air gap in the form of a positive meniscus between the two elements forming the positive component on the object side of the system, said air gap having its concave side directed toward the object and having an axial thickness not exceeding 5% of the focal length of the objective.

2. A photographic objective lens system as defined in claim 1, wherein the meniscal component at the object side of the system consists of a positive and a negative element, and a dispersing air lens is provided therebetween.

3. A photographic objective as defined in claim 1, comprising lead containing light-transparent glass means absorbing radio-active rays positioned between tHeTast lens of the objective and the photographic emulsion.

4. A photographic objective as defined in claim 3 wherein said l igh t=tra n pa e r 1t absorbing means is a plate of flintglg s. M

a. A photographic objective lens system comprising two' meniscal components arranged between two positive components, at least three of said components consisting of a. positive and a negative lens element, the first three positive elements being of glass having a refractive index exceeding 1.65 andan Abbe number exceeding 50, that is N 1.65, V 50, an air gap in the form of a positive meniscus between the two elements forming the positive component on the object side of the system, said air gap having its concave side directed toward the object and having an axial thickness not exceeding 5% of the focal length of the objective, a dispersing air gap between the elements of the meniscal component on the object side of the system, the last of said positive components on the image side being a flint glass lens absorbing radioactive rays.

GUSTAV KLEINEBERG.

o'r'ro ZIMERMANN.

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